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Venezuela power blackout updates. Social media and social control. Trojanized games. Free decryptor out for ransomware strain. Ads on Facebook. A look at 30 years of the web.

Published: March 12, 2019, 6:19 p.m.

In today\u2019s podcast, we hear an update on Venezuela and its power outages. Amplification of social media posts as a form of mass persuasion. A look at how control of the Internet has replaced control of the radio station as a move in civil war and coup or counter-coup planning. Asian game makers get backdoored out of China. Decryptors are out for\xa0BigBobRoss\xa0ransomware. Senator Warren versus Facebook, and Facebook versus itself. And Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Web\u2019s 30th\xa0birthday.\xa0Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI with an early look at NSA\u2019s\xa0Ghidra\xa0reverse engineering tool. Guest is Dr. Phyllis Schneck from Promontory Financial Group (an IBM company) on regulation in cyber security, a preview of her talk at the upcoming JHU Annual Cybersecurity Conference for Executives.\xa0\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/March/CyberWire_2019_03_12.html\xa0\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices